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No,, don't expect Gerry Sandusky.

PLEASE DON'T REPEAT QUESTIONS NOR DO RESEARCH.

1..French Jewish artillery officer suffered false charge of treason.

2..Afterwards died of pneumonia & stroke in 1947.

3.."'Cause that's where the money is."

4..Went from prison to Prez as a world beloved figure.

5..He left 168 dead in 1995.

6..Aung San Suu Kyi went from 25 years in house arrest to political person in what nation?

7..Ex-Gov(?) & wife just found guilty of corruption in what state?

8..Lee Malvo's nickname?

9..Brother David turned him in.

10..Not quite with fame of Billy the Kid, this guy was a Pinkerton bounty hunter
eventually executed about 120 years ago.

11..Executed in 1994 he was called the "killer clown".

12..This New England mass murderer was not related to a world famous
1950's opera/pop star.

13..Congressman detained & executed by Jim Jones.
 
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1. Alfred Dreyfus at Devil's Island
2. Al Capone at Alcatraz
3. Willie Sutton on banks
4. Nelson Mandela
7. Illinois Governor Blagojevich (sp?)
11. John Wayne Gacy, Chicago
12. Albert Desalvo, the Boston Strangler
13. Leo Ryan, California
 

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7. the state is Virginia,, but, can't think of the name
9. Koresh, the unibomber
 
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4. Nelson Mandela
5. Timothy McVeigh -- Oklahoma City federal building
6. Myanmar
8. Beltway shooter
9. Unabomber -- Ted Kazinsky (sp?)
11. John Wayne Gacy
 

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1..Albert Dreyfus, he of the affair
3..And banks are where Al Capone went looking for some.
4..Nelson Mandela
 

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1..Dreyfus

2..Rudolf Hess, nebbe?

3..Willie Sutton

4..Mandela

5..McVeigh.

6..Myanmar

7..McDonnels Va.

8..DC sniper

9..kazinski

10..I should know this, but all that comes to mind is Sam Hall.

11..I should know this too, because it happened in Houston

12..DiSalvo[/QUOTE]
 

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12..Excuse me you two, but the DiSalvo choice COMPLETELY ignores the full info.
And DiSalvo was a serial murderer, not a mass murderer.
 

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I don't think that Lizzie was related to an opera/pop star, was she? Mebbe Lizzie? On the other had, I gues "two"is not enough to be considered "mass", and mebbe she really DIDN'T do it. Never mind.
 
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12..Excuse me you two, but the DiSalvo choice COMPLETELY ignores the full info.
And DiSalvo was a serial murderer, not a mass murderer.
I did read the clue backwards, never mind...
 

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The following questions had 2 or more correct responses.

1..Alfred Dreyfus, later exonerated.

3..Willie Sutton, in response to the question of why he robbed banks.

4..Nelson Mandela of South Africa.

5..Timothy McVeigh bombed the federal building in Okla. City.

6..Myanmar(Burma)

7..Two have the state, Virginia.

8..Beltway shooter or DC sniper both work.

9..Unibomber, Ted Kaczinski.

11..John Wayne Gacy
 
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12. I guess the Tsarnaev brother that lived, Dzokhar (sp?) fits the bill.
 

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2..Pony has where Al Capone received hospitality.

7..Zorro comes up with Robert Mc
Connell.

10..Tom Horn

12..I was an imp here. What was imprisoned was Adam Lanza's body, but no one guessed I was positing a link with Mario Lanza.
Tee Hee:rolleyes:
 

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Come to think of it, how many NEMMs WERE related ti opera/pop stars? I'm guessin' not too many.
 

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Come to think of it, how many NEMMs WERE related ti opera/pop stars? I'm guessin' not too many.

Not to mention how many would be known by folks in Central America. But stay tuned, for the next test has one Central
America component.
 
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